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c. c. HoGG WINCH Filed-Aug. 28, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTOR NEY Patented Bec. 2, 1924.

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COY CLAUDE HOGG, OF PLEASANTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINCH.

Application filed August 28, 1922. Serial No. 584,926.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, COY C. HOGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pleasantville, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vinches, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to Winches, and more particularly to a winch which is specially adapted to be mounted on the F ordson tractor.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a winch of simple construction and operation which may be readily applied to the Fordson tractor without necessitating any material changes in construction of the same. A further object is to provide an apparatus of the character stated which is of comparatively light but rigid construction and which may be readily applied. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the winch and associated parts as applied;

Figure 2 is a side view;

Figure 3 is a section through the drum showing the control clutch and associated parts;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary section showing the driving connection between the belt pulley shaft of the tractor and the drive shaft of the winch;

The device is intended to be used in connection with the Fordson tractor and includes a rectangular tubular frame 1 the side bars 2 of which are secured at their rearward ends about the rear axle housing of the tractor by means of yokes 3 and el-bolts 4, or in any other suitable or preferred manner. The side bars 2 are connected by a yoke 5 which is shaped to fit snugly about the casting of the radiator of the tractor, this yoke serving to support the forward portion of frame 1 and to hold the frame against looseness or playlaterally of the tractor.

A shaft 6 is secured between side bars 2 and extends transversely of frame 1, this shaft being in advance of the tractor. A drum 7 which is formed of a single casting is rotatably mounted on shaft 6 by means of roller bearings 8 at one end of the drum, thrust bearings 9 being provided at the other end of the drum. Bearings 8 are confined between a web 10 provided in the drum and a plate 11 secured on the outer face of head 12. Bearings 9 are confined between a similar web 13 within the drum and a ring 13a secured to head 15 of the drum in any suitable or preferred manner, these bearings being positioned between shoulder 6LL of the shaft and a nut 6b secured on the shaft. A bevel gear 14; is secured on head 15 of the drum, the drum being thus mounted for rotation on shaft 6 and, when desired, it can be readily removed from theV shaft by removing ring 13a and nut 6b and sliding the drum longitudinally of shaft 6, the shaft 6 with the drum being first removed from T members 16 which support the shaft and are secured to side bars 2 of frame l. by screws 17, or in any other suitable or preferred manner. This is readily accomplished by first removing front bar 1 of the frame 1, this front bar being threaded into elbows 11 threaded on the forward ends of side bars 2 of the frame, this frame being of tubular pipe construction as pre` viously stated and clearly illustrated. After front bar 1a has been removed side bars 2 may be sprung apart sufficiently to permit removal of the ends of shaft 6 from T members 16 or, if desired, elbows 1b may be removed and screws 17 loosened, after which members 16, together with the drum, may

vbe slid olf of side bars 2. In removing the drum 7 from shaft 6 it is not essential that nut 6b be removed and, in fact, this nut is only removed where itis desired to remove the bearings 9 for cleaning or repairing the shaft. Even in such a case, the bearings can be slid off of the shaft away from nut 6b, together with the drum 7 or separately therefrom, as will be clear from Figure 3. Head 12 of the drum is provided with a peripheral flange 12a having in its outer face an annular recess 12b adapted for reception of a brake band 18 of any suitable or preferred type which is operated by a brake rod 19 rockably mounted in hangers 20 carried by side bars 2, this brake rod being connected to the ends of the brake band in a known manner and operated by a brake lever 21 which is secured to rod 19.

Gear 14; meshes with a bevel pinion 22 secured on a stub-shaft 23 rotatably mounted in a bearing sleeve 24 of a bracket 25 secured to one of the side bars 2 of the frame. A clutch member 26 is secured on the rearward end of stub-shaft 23 and is adapted `for engagement with a co-operating clutch 1nem ber 27 feathered on a stub-shaft 28 rotatably mounted in bearing sleeve 24a of bracket 25. Clutch member 27 is normally held in engagement with clutch member 26, so as to establish driving connections between stubsliafts 23 and 28, by means of a fork 29 fitting into a grooved neck 27a of clutch member 27, this fork being secured on a bar 30 slidable through lugs 31 of bracket 25, this bar being normally Iforced tow-ard drum 7 by a coil spring 32 mounted about the rod and confined between the forward lug 3l and a pin 33 secured through the rod. A cam lever 34: is pivoted at 35 in the rear end of bar 30, the foot 34a of this lever contacting with the rearward lug 31. By rocking lever 34 forwardly foot 34' of this lever coacts with lug` 31 to cause rearward movement of bar B0 thus moving clutch member 27 out. of engagement with clutch member 25 so as to disconnect stub-sliafts 23 and 28.

A drive shaft 38 is rotatably mounted, at its lower end, in a bearing sleeve 89 of a gear casing 40 secured to the side of the engine of the tractor, the upper portion of this shaft being` mounted in a suitable bearing sleeve 4l carried by yoke 5. A helical gear 42 is secured on the lower end of shaft 3S and meshes with a helical gear t3 secured on the usual belt pulley shaft #la of the tractor. Shaft 38 is connected at its upper end, by a universal connection 45 of any suitable or preferred type, to stub-shaft 28. rlhis provides simple and eiiicient means whereby drum 7 may be rotated from the belt pulley shaft of the tractor, and rotation of the drum may be readily controlled as desired.

Frame l and the parts associated therewith may be readily applied to the Fordson tractor without necessitating` any changes in the constructionof the tractor itself, and may be quickly and easily removed when desired. This apparatus has been found very etlicient in use in oil well operations, for which it is particularly adapted, though it may be used for any other purpose where it is desired to wind a rope or cable onto a drum.

llVhat l claim is l. ln an apparatus of the character described, a rectangular `frame adapted to fit about a tractor and to extend forwardly beyond the tractor, the forward ends of the side bars of the frame being detachably secured together, T-members tting about said side bars, means for detachably securing` said members on the bars, a sha-ft having its ends seated in the T-members, a drum rotatably mounted on the shaft, and means for establishing` driving connections between the drum and the engine of a tractor upon which the frame is mounted.

2. ln an apparatus of the character described, a rectangular frame adapted to lit about a tractor and to extend forwardly beyond the tractor, the forward ends of the side bars of the frame being detachably secured together, supporting members fitting about said side bars, means for detachably securing said members on the bars, a shaft having its ends seated in the supporting members anu provided with a shoulder adjacent to one end, a drum mounted about the shaft and provided with a web surrounding the shoulder of the shaft, a bearing member fitting about the shaft beyond said shoulder and supporting` the end of the drum, means for holding the bea-ring meniber against movement away from the shoulder of the shaft, a member detachably secured on the drum and contacting with the outer end of the bearing member, and bearings supporting the drum at the other end thereof on the shaft.

ln an apparatus of the character described, a rectangular frame adapted to lit about a tractor and to extend forwardly beyond the tractor, the forward ends of the side bars of the frame being detachably secured together, supporting members fitting about said side bars1 means for detachably securing said members on the bars, a shaft having its ends seated in the supporting members and provided with a shoulder adjacent to one end, a drum mounted about the shaft and provided with a web surrounding the shoulder of the shaft, a bearing member fitting about the shaft beyond said shoulder and supporting the end of the drum, means for holding the bearing member against movement away from the shoulder of the shaft, a member detachably secured on the drum and contacting with the outer end of the bearing member, said drum being provided with a second web element adjacent to its other end extending about the shaft, a plate secured on said other end of the drum and having an opening accommodating the shaft, and anti-friction bearings confined between said 'plate and the adjacent web element of the drum and supporting said drum `on the shaft.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

COY CLAUDE HOGG. 

